China, mainland vs Southern Africa: Avocados — Area harvested
Avocados — Area harvested over time
- China, mainland
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 24,442 ha against 15,106 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 9,336 ha.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.6 times China, mainland's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Southern Africa ahead.
China, mainland ranks 17th and Southern Africa ranks 17th of 91 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,438 ha | 7,995 ha | 3,557 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 11,000 ha | 13,278 ha | 2,278 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 15,738 ha | 17,124 ha | 1,387 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 14,149 ha | 19,968 ha | 5,819 ha | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher avocados — area harvested, China, mainland or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 24,442 ha against 15,106 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in avocados — area harvested between China, mainland and Southern Africa?
- 9,336 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Southern Africa?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and Southern Africa rank globally for avocados — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 17th and Southern Africa ranks 17th of 91 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.